Earthquake, Dino Bravo, Andre the Giant, and Joey Marella don't really have a place on the list. Their deaths had nothing to do with wrestling. Big Boss Man, Hercules, and Hawk died of heart problems, but it's the most common cause of death in America, besides the fact that they were very large men and it's more common amongst large men. Kerry von Erich was from a family where suicide was the most common cause of death.

The rest can probably be attributed in some way to wrestling (along with a number of others), but take out the first group.

DNRTFA, but I assumed the reasoning was due to the reckless lifestyles of the people who get involved in the sport to begin with. It's like porn actors, they don't always die from disease but a large number die young from over doses and accidents due to the fact that they take ridiculous chances on a daily basis.

skantea:DNRTFA, but I assumed the reasoning was due to the reckless lifestyles of the people who get involved in the sport to begin with. It's like porn actors, they don't always die from disease but a large number die young from over doses and accidents due to the fact that they take ridiculous chances on a daily basis.

Pretty much.

Painkillers, steroids, and working around 300 days a year will take its toll on a body.

Also, I'd say SummerSlam 90 took a bigger hit.

Out of 33 people on the card (including managers), 10 are dead, and one isn't looking too good. That's damn near a third of the performers.

In fact, the all participants in two matches are all dead (Sensational Sherri vs. Sapphire, Mr. Perfect vs. Texas Tornado)

Jorn the Younger:Yeah, but how does this compare to other physical entertainent industries?

How many players from the 1991 Superbowl are still alive, for example?

I know you're trolling by calling the NFL a physical entertainment industry in comparison to the WWF, but according to the all-knowing Wikipedia every player in both team's starting lineups is alive and accounted for.

That said 5 out of 22 (22%) of the Oakland Raiders' 1981 SB starting lineup have died: cancer (Bob Chandler and Gene Upshaw, age 45 and 68), a heart attack (Dwayne O'Steen, aged 45), a car accident (Dave Darby, 51) and drug overdose (John Matuszak, 38). On the Eagles side only one player (Woody Peoples) has died. Plus since the links are there, Frank Sinkovitz (umpire) and Dean Look (alternate referee) died at 66 and 73, respectively.

How is that startling? They mostly died from drug problems and heart conditions probably related to drug use. It's no secret that they were taking massive amounts of steroids back then. Those things f*ck your body up big time.

Oh, sweet mother of God. I think I ruptured myself laughing at that. I can just hear Jim with his hat going askew screaming that. Also, I can hear the Mexican announce team trying to finish the translation before some bastard crashes through their table...

dokool:Jorn the Younger: Yeah, but how does this compare to other physical entertainent industries?

How many players from the 1991 Superbowl are still alive, for example?

I know you're trolling by calling the NFL a physical entertainment industry in comparison to the WWF, but according to the all-knowing Wikipedia every player in both team's starting lineups is alive and accounted for.

That said 5 out of 22 (22%) of the Oakland Raiders' 1981 SB starting lineup have died: cancer (Bob Chandler and Gene Upshaw, age 45 and 68), a heart attack (Dwayne O'Steen, aged 45), a car accident (Dave Darby, 51) and drug overdose (John Matuszak, 38). On the Eagles side only one player (Woody Peoples) has died. Plus since the links are there, Frank Sinkovitz (umpire) and Dean Look (alternate referee) died at 66 and 73, respectively.

/spent entirely too much time checking that

Sure, wrestling is scripted, but it also has better storylines than the NFL. I know they're not all that comparible, since football isn't year round, the players aren't playing multiple games per week, tend to not play if they're injured, wear pads but also hit each other as hard as they can, and (usually) don't know what the outcome of a game will be before they start.

But they're both about watching big men in really tight pants be violent to each other.

Of course, the NFL is much larger than the WWF/E, and since pretty much every active wrestler takes part in WM, I guess a fairer comparison would have been from to the entire NFL from the 90-91 season and compare percentages, though I doubt the answer would be all that different from the superbowl team- after that point it's getting into comparative ages of the atheletes / performers, and just typing that has pretty much gotten me to my limit of interest in the subject for the moment.

I wasn't trolling- it was a legitimate question, and thank you for answering it.

The death rate for the wcw roster from 1998 is a more startling figure:In its entirety, here is the list of deceased talents who performed for WCW in 1998. With the exception of one performer, all deaths listed occurred before the age of 50.

Additionally, six more talents who joined WCW after 1998 have since passed on - Chris Candido, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Mike Awesome, Rhonda Singh, Sherri Martel and The Wall. All six deaths listed occurred before the age of 50.

dokool:I know you're trolling by calling the NFL a physical entertainment industry in comparison to the WWF, but according to the all-knowing Wikipedia every player in both team's starting lineups is alive and accounted for.

How is that trolling? He's trying to draw a line between two lines of work that involve physical activity and impact.